Title Rural women's leadership in Atlantic Canada : first-hand perspectives on local public life and participation in electoral politics / Louise Carbert

Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (190 pages) : illustrations Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Interview Series in Atlantic Canada -- 3 Leadership Characteristics of the Interviewees -- 4 Images of Leadership -- 5 The Slushy Intersection between Politics and Family -- 6 The Slushy Intersection between Politics and Occupation -- 7 The Slushy Intersection between Politics and the Local Economy -- 8 Structural Contours of Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P Rs -- t -- u -- v -- w -- y Summary "Rural Women's Leadership in Atlantic Canada presents results from a regional field-based study, the first of its kind. In the course of her study, Louise Carbert gathered together small groups of rural community leaders (126 women in all) throughout the four Atlantic provinces, and interviewed them about their experiences and perceptions of leadership, public life, and running for elected office. Their responses paint a vivid picture of politics in rural communities, illustrating how it intersects with family life, work, and the overall local economy. Through discussion of their own reluctance to entering politics, and of the resistance encountered by those who have put their names forward, the interviewees shed much-needed light on the pervasive barriers to the election of women. Carbert not only contextualizes the results in terms of economic and demographic structures of rural Atlantic Canada, but also considers points of comparison and contrast with other parts of the country."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Women politicians -- Atlantic Provinces Women -- Political activity -- Atlantic Provinces SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Canadian. Rural conditions Women -- Political activity Women politicians SUBJECT Atlantic Provinces -- Rural conditions Subject Canada -- Atlantic Provinces Form Electronic book LC no. 2007272145 ISBN 9781442679511 1442679514 1281992054 9781281992055 9786611992057 6611992057

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